*This article is in Japanese. Sites other than Japanese are machine translated.

 

Make the timeline information of CLIP STUDIO and the time sheet information of Toei Animation Digital Time Sheet (hereafter referred to as digital time sheet) compatible.

[1] From CLIP STUDIO PAINT to digital time sheet

Import the timeline information of CLIP STUDIO PAINT to the digital time sheet.

 

 

(1) Select a command

 

Select [File (F)] → [Export animation (Y)] → [Time sheet information (C)...].

 

 

② Save the xdts file

 

Save the timeline information as an xdts file anywhere on Explorer.

 

 

③ Start the digital time sheet and select the command

 

When reading into the original picture column (ACTION column):

Select [File (F)] → [Select and read Xdts (ACTION column)].

When importing into the video column (ACTION column):

Select [File (F)] → [Select and load Xdts (CELL column)].

 

*For the iPad version, only files in the [This iPad]-[ToeiAnimationDigitalTimeSheet]-[Xdts] directory can be selected.

 

 

④ Read the xdts file

 

Read the xdts file output in ②.

 

 

⑤ Check the import result

 

Check if the timeline information has been correctly imported into the Toei Animation Digital Exposure Sheet.

[2] From digital timesheet to CLIP STUDIO PAINT

Read the sheet information of the digital time sheet into the timeline information of CLIP STUDIO PAINT.

 

 

(1) Select a command on the digital timesheet

When exporting the original picture column (ACTION column):

Select [File (F)] → [Export Xdts file with name (ACTION field)].

 

When exporting the video field (ACTION field):

Select [File (F)] → [Export Xdts file with name (CELL field)].

 

 

② Save the xdts file

Save the timesheet information as an xdts file anywhere on Explorer.

*The iPad version is saved in the [this iPad]-[ToeiAnimationDigitalTimeSheet]-[Xdts] directory.

 

 

 

③ Select command in CLIP STUDIO PAINT

 

Select [File (F)] → [Import (I)] → [Time sheet information (T)...].

 

 

④ Read the xdts file

 

Read the xdts file output in ②.

 

 

⑤ Check the import result

 

Check if the timesheet information has been correctly imported to CLIP STUDIO PAINT.

• If the video number in the CELL column is written as a serial number such as "1, 2, 3 ...", when the exported Xdts file is read with CLIP STUDIO PAINT, the cell name on the timeline will be [< Layer name> + <user-defined alphanumeric symbols up to 3 characters> + <zero-padded 4-digit number>] can be displayed.

 

example

<1> on the CELL column <Layer a> → Displayed as <a0001> on the CLIP STUDIO PAINT timeline

 

If you want to change the format of the cel name, after editing with [File] → [Edit the cel name of exporting Xdts file (CELL column)] in the Toei Animation Digital Timesheet, If you check "Convert name format", you can export with the changed cell naming rule.

• Other export commands can be used as follows.

Batch export of Xdts files (ACTION field)/(CELL field):

Exports the current timesheet and the latest timesheets of other combined cuts to the selected directory all at once.

For details, please refer to [Help] → [User Manual] after starting the Toei Animation Digital Exposure Sheet.

 

 

[3] Automatic update of timesheet information (from digital timesheet to CLIP STUDIO PAINT)

The results of editing the timesheet information performed on the digital timesheet are automatically reflected on the CLIP STUDIO timeline.

 

[Preparation for Windows version]

 

When using this function for the first time, it is necessary to select the [Clip Studio] menu → [Clip Studio Paint settings] and specify the Clip Studio Paint exe to be linked with automatic update.

 

 

(1) Select a command on the digital timesheet

 

Select [Clio Studio (C)] → [Apply timesheet information to CLIP STUDIO PAINT]. (Update information will be sent to CLIP STUDIO)

 

• If you want to link the ACTION column, please check [Import original image].

If you want to link the CELL column, please uncheck [Import original image].

 

 

 

② Check the result with CLIP STUDIO PAINT

 

When CLIP STUDIO PAINT is activated, the time sheet information has been updated, so please check the contents.

 

[POINT]

If the exposure sheet information is not reflected on the CLIP STUDIO PAINT timeline, execute the [Animation] menu > [Timeline] > [Import edited Toei Animation Digital Exposure Sheet].

 

[4] Automatic update of timesheet information (from CLIP STUDIO PAINT to digital timesheet)

Automatically reflect the results of editing the timesheet information on the CLIP STUDIO PAINT timeline to the digital timesheet.

 

[Preparation for Windows version]

 

When using this function for the first time, it is necessary to select the [Animation] menu > [Timeline] > [Toei Animation Digital Exposure Sheet Settings] and specify the Toei Animation Digital Exposure Sheet exe to be linked with automatic update.

 

 

① Select a command in CLIP STUDIO PAINT

 

Select [Animation (A)] → [Timeline (M)] → [Apply timesheet information to Toei Animation digital exposure sheet (X)...].

(update information will be sent to your digital timesheet)

 

 

(2) Check the results on the digital time sheet

 

The timesheet information on the digital timesheet has been updated, so please check the contents.

[5] Supplement When adding or deleting new cels (layers) after sharing timesheet information

I will introduce the behavior when adding or deleting cels (layers) in CLIP STUDIO PAINT or digital timesheets after sharing the timesheet information (.xdts file) even once.

 

 

①When layer is added on CLIP STUDIO PAINT

 

 

(2) When layers are added on the digital exposure sheet

 

It will be added to the top of CLIP STUDIO PAINT (Action column → Sound column → CELL column → CAM column in order of priority)

[6] Supplement: Read camera information

Using CLIP STUDIO PAINT's 2D camera folder, import camera work recorded in keyframes into a digital time sheet.

 

Create a range label in the track label area of the 2D camera folder track and select the type of camerawork. The range label should cover the entire range that specifies the camera work.

 

Use keyframes to set the camerawork at the frame where you created the range label of the 2D camera folder.

 

If you select [Animation (A)] → [Timeline (M)] → [Apply timesheet information to Toei Animation Digital Timesheet (X)...], camera work settings and camera placement will be displayed on the timesheet. can be loaded.

 

Double-click the CAM (camera) column of the digital exposure sheet.

The camera coordinate position is displayed at the frame where the camera work is specified using the range label. The meaning of the displayed number is displayed next to the camera name.

 

 

The values that can be displayed in frames are as follows. Double-click the camera name to switch.

 

・Position X

・Position Y

・Enlargement rate

·Angle of rotation

・Rotation center X

・Rotation center Y

 

Note that the camera coordinate position edited with the digital time sheet cannot be applied to CLIP STUDIO.

The only settings in the CAM field of the digital exposure sheet that can be applied to CLIP STUDIO PAINT are the type and range of camerawork.